Penulis: Nicholas Cook

Over the past twenty years, a range of radical developments has revolutionized musicology, leading certain practitioners to describe their discipline as ‘New.’ What has happened to ethnomusicology …

The study of music is always, to some extent, "empirical, " in that it involves testing ideas and interpretations against some kind of external reality. But in musicology, the kinds of …

The study of music is always, to some extent, "empirical, " in that it involves testing ideas and interpretations against some kind of external reality. But in musicology, the kinds of …

Today we think of Heinrich Schenker, who lived in Vienna from 1884 until his death in 1935, as the most influential music theorist of the twentieth century. But he saw his theoretical writings as …

In Beyond the Score: Music as Performance, author Nicholas Cook supplants the traditional musicological notion of music as writing, asserting instead that it is as performance that music is loved, …

Today we think of Heinrich Schenker, who lived in Vienna from 1884 until his death in 1935, as the most influential music theorist of the twentieth century. But he saw his theoretical writings as …

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This selection of sixteen of Nicholas Cook’s essays covers the period from 1987 to 2004 and brings out the development of the author’s ideas over these years. In particular the two keywords of the …

This selection of sixteen of Nicholas Cook’s essays covers the period from 1987 to 2004 and brings out the development of the author’s ideas over these years. In particular the two keywords of the …

Until recently, ideas of creativity in music revolved around composers in garrets and the lone genius. But the last decade has witnessed a sea change: musical creativity is now overwhelmingly thought …

Until recently, ideas of creativity in music revolved around composers in garrets and the lone genius. But the last decade has witnessed a sea change: musical creativity is now overwhelmingly thought …

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The world teems with different kinds of music – traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop – and each type of music tends to come with its own …

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The world teems with different kinds of music – traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop – and each type of music tends to come with its own …

As countries went into lockdown in 2020, people turned to music for comfort and solidarity. Neighbours sang to each other from their balconies; people participated in online music sessions that …